Son of the American Revolution --
The French Revolution and Jay's treaty with Great Britain --
At the Hague listening-post --
London interlude --
The mission to Prussia --
The young senator and the Louisiana Purchase --
Politics stops at the water's edge --
At the court of the czar --
The War of 1812 --
The Peace of Ghent --
Minister to Great Britain --
The Department of State --
The foreign service abroad and the diplomatic corps at Washington --
Issues with England: the Treaty of 1818 --
The Florida question --
The transcontinental treaty with Spain --
The independence of Latin America --
John Quincy Adams and the background of the Monroe Doctrine --
President Monroe's message of December 2, 1823 --
The slave trade and slavery --
The freedom of the seas and the abolition of private warfare on the ocean --
Equality of commercial opportunity --
The northeast boundary question --
The north west coast --
The Oregon question --
President Adams, Henry Clay, and Latin America --
The foundations of American foreign policy --
Appendixes. John Quincy Adams's accounts of his break with the Federalists --
Text of John Quincy Adams's supplementary instructions to Richard Rush, December 8, 1823 --
John Quincy Adams's project of a convention for regulating the principles of commercial and maritime neutrality --
Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster, and Jared Sparks, 1842.

"Son of the American Revolution -- The French Revolution and Jay's treaty with Great Britain -- At the Hague listening-post -- London interlude -- The mission to Prussia -- The young senator and the Louisiana Purchase -- Politics stops at the water's edge -- At the court of the czar -- The War of 1812 -- The Peace of Ghent -- Minister to Great Britain -- The Department of State -- The foreign service abroad and the diplomatic corps at Washington -- Issues with England: the Treaty of 1818 -- The Florida question -- The transcontinental treaty with Spain -- The independence of Latin America -- John Quincy Adams and the background of the Monroe Doctrine -- President Monroe's message of December 2, 1823 -- The slave trade and slavery -- The freedom of the seas and the abolition of private warfare on the ocean -- Equality of commercial opportunity -- The northeast boundary question -- The north west coast -- The Oregon question -- President Adams, Henry Clay, and Latin America -- The foundations of American foreign policy -- Appendixes. John Quincy Adams's accounts of his break with the Federalists -- Text of John Quincy Adams's supplementary instructions to Richard Rush, December 8, 1823 -- John Quincy Adams's project of a convention for regulating the principles of commercial and maritime neutrality -- Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster, and Jared Sparks, 1842."@en